Ward Smith & Hill helps Whirlpool Win $7.6 Million Texas Jury Verdict
MARSHALL, Texas – An East Texas jury has awarded Whirlpool Corp. $7.6 million, finding that a California company willfully infringed the patent protecting Whirlpool’s replacement water filters for refrigerators. The jury delivered the verdict against TST Water, LLC, on March 10 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall. The […]
East Texas law firm Ward, Smith & Hill helps secure win against Motorola
MARSHALL, Texas – An East Texas federal jury has awarded $9.17 million to Plano, Texas-based Saint Lawrence Communications, LLC, after finding that Motorola Mobility, LLC, willfully infringed five patents for HD Voice technology used in its modern mobile phones. Jurors reached their verdict on March 24 after a week-long trial and almost four hours of […]
East Texas Law Firm Ward, Smith & Hill Promotes Brett F. Miller to Partner
LONGVIEW, Texas – High-stakes trial law firm Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, has named attorney Brett F. Miller a partner in the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Mr. Miller, a civil litigator who leads the firm’s family law practice, also represents clients in matters involving oil and gas, commercial disputes, employment law, real estate and […]
Name Partners at East Texas Firm Ward, Smith & Hill Selected to List of Top Litigators
LONGVIEW, Texas – Firm founder Johnny Ward and name partner Wesley Hill of Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, have been named to the 2017 list of top attorneys in Texas by the publishers of Benchmark Litigation. Benchmark named Mr. Ward a “Local Litigation Star” in the Intellectual Property practice area and Mr. Hill […]
Ward, Smith & Hill Adds Complex Commercial Litigation Attorney Andrea Fair
LONGVIEW, Texas – High-stakes commercial litigation and intellectual property law firm Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, announces the addition of attorney Andrea L. Fair, whose experience will bolster the firm’s patent infringement and business litigation work. Ms. Fair comes to the East Texas firm with five years of experience practicing complex commercial litigation in Houston, […]
Ward, Smith & Hill Helps VirnetX Win $302 Million Texas Patent Verdict
TYLER, Texas – For the second time this year, firm founder Johnny Ward of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, has helped a client win a multimillion-dollar patent infringement verdict against technology giant Apple Inc. The $302 million verdict handed down Sept. 30 in favor of VirnetX Holding Corp. follows another verdict from earlier this year […]
Ward, Smith & Hill Helps Client Win $22M Patent Infringement Verdict vs. Apple
LONGVIEW, Texas – Name partner Wesley Hill of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, of Longview recently helped firm client Cellular Communications Equipment, LLC, win a $22 million patent infringement verdict against iPhone manufacturer Apple Inc. The verdict was handed down Sept. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler. […]
Attorneys from East Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill Named Among Best in State
LONGVIEW, Texas – Three attorneys from Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, have been named among the best in the state based on their work in intellectual property cases. Firm name partners Johnny Ward and Wesley Hill were named to the 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list along with former federal Judge T. John Ward, […]
Ward, Smith & Hill Partner Wesley Hill Earns National Honors for Legal Expertise
Hill among just 29 in Texas named to exclusive listing of country’s top lawyers under 40 LONGVIEW, Texas – Name partner Wesley Hill of Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, has earned selection as one of the nation’s top young attorneys on the 2016 Under 40 Hot List from Benchmark Litigation, a leading legal […]
East Texas Attorney Johnny Ward of Ward, Smith & Hill Earns National Honors
LONGVIEW, Texas – Longtime East Texas lawyer Johnny Ward of Longview’s Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, once again has been named among the country’s top attorneys in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the most respected guides to the U.S. legal profession. This is the second consecutive year that Mr. […]
Former East Texas Federal Judge T. John Ward Named Intellectual Property Icon
LONGVIEW, Texas – Former U.S. District Judge T. John Ward of the East Texas law firm Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, is being recognized by the legal publication Law360 as one of the nation’s Top 25 Icons of Intellectual Property Law. Judge Ward represents clients in patent cases and a variety of complex commercial litigation, […]
T. John Ward of Ward, Smith & Hill Earns National Intellectual Property Honors
LONGVIEW, Texas – Former Federal Judge T. John Ward of Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, is being recognized on The National Law Journal’s 2016 Intellectual Property Trailblazers list as one of the nation’s leading innovators in IP law. Judge Ward earned a place on the annual listing of the country’s most influential intellectual […]